What happened on April 28 ?

1192 - Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem (b. mid 1140s), fatally stabbed by Hashshashin at Tyre.

1498 - Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician (killed in battle)

1533 - Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)

1695 - Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (b. 1621)

1710 - Thomas Betterton, English actor

1726 - Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653)

1772 - Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)

1781 - Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723)

1813 - Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)

1816 - Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher (b. 1862)

1841 - Peter Chanel, French saint (b. 1803)

1853 - Ludwig Tieck, German writer (b. 1773)

1858 - Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (b. 1801)

1905 - Fitzhugh Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1835)

1926 - Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)

1936 - King Fuad I of Egypt (b. 1868)

1944 - Frank Knox, Former Secretary of the Navy and vice presidential candidate (b. 1874)

1945 - Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist dictator (b. 1882)

1945 - Clara Petacci, Italian mistress of Benito Mussolini (shot) (b. 1912)

1945 - Roberto Farinacci, Italian fascist (b. 1892)

1954 - Léon Jouhaux, French labor leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1879)

1973 - Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (b. 1893)

1978 - Sardar Mohammed Daoud, President of Afghanistan (shot) (b. 1909)

1992 - Francis Bacon, Anglo-Irish painter (b. 1909)

1992 - Iceberg Slim, American writer (b. 1918)

1993 - Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (b. 1946)

1999 - Rory Calhoun, American actor (b. 1922)

1999 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)

1999 - Sir Alf Ramsey, English football manager, World Cup winning manager 1966

2000 - Penelope Fitzgerald, English writer (b. 1916)

2002 - Alexander Lebed, Russian general (b. 1950)

2002 - Lou Thesz, American wrestler (b. 1916)

2005 - Chris Candido, professional wrestler (b. 1972)